Resource University of Oxford
Resources
Resource EcoShape
Ecoshape
Website that includes guidance tools and case studies
Best Practice UNEP
Infrastructure for Climate Action
Guidance Global Infrastructure Hub
The Role of Infrastructure in the Circular Economy
Guidance Connecting Nature
Impact Assessment Guidebook
Guidance Urban Nature Labs
Performance and Impact Monitoring of Nature-Based Solutions
Resource Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Guidebook for Monitoring and Evaluating Ecosystem-based Adaptation Interventions.
Guidance UK Green Building Council
Principles for delivering urban Nature-based Solutions.
Principle 53.
Guidance ISO
ISO 37101:2016 Sustainable development in communities: Management system for sustainable development
Requirements with guidance for use (Chapter 6)
Best Practice United States Environmental Protection Agency
Operation and Maintenance Considerations for Green Infrastructure
Guidance Connecting Nature
Connecting Nature Enterprise Platform
Guidance European Commission
Public procurement of nature-based solutions
Guidance TU Delft
Engineering: Building with Nature
Resource ASCE
Sustainability Resources
Guidance Blue Solutions
Blue Nature-based Solutions in Nationally Determined Contributions – A Booklet for Successful Implementation
Guidance World Federation of Engineering Organizations
Guidebook for Capacity Building in the Engineering Environment
Tool EnviroCert International
International Green Infrastructure Certification Program (IGICP)
Guidance Natural England
The Biodiversity Metric 3.0
Tool Infrastructure Sustainability Council
Infrastructure Sustainability (Australia & New Zealand)
Tool City of Toronto
Toronto Green Standard V3
Tool Global Infrastructure Basel
The Standard for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Guidance City of Seattle
Seattle Green Factor
Tool Convention on Biological Diversity’s
The Singapore Index on Cities’ Biodiversity
Tool European Union European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
The green space factor and the green points system
Tool The Sustainable Initiative
SITES Rating System
Best Practice Urban Green UP
Urban Green UP Catalogue of NbS
Guidance Nature4Cities
Implementation Handbook
Guidance City Adapt
Guía Técnica Para La Restauración Riparia
Technical Guide en español
Guidance BSI
BS EN ISO 14091:2021 Adaptation to climate change. Guidelines on vulnerability, impacts and risk assessment
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Guidance CIRIA
Guidance on the construction of SuDS (C768)
Guidance CIRIA
The SuDS Manual (C753) Design Guide
Guidance Asian Development Bank
Nature Based Solutions for Building Resilience in Towns and Cities
Guidance Elena Gunn
Nature-Based Solutions and Water Security, 1st Edition
Resource Think Nature
Nature-based Solutions Handbook
Chapter Six.
Guidance Global Centre on Adaptation
Innovative Financing Models for Private Sector Investment in Nature Based Solutions for Adaptation
Guidance Earthsecurity
Financing the Earth’s Assets: The Case for Mangroves
Resource Mónica A. Altamirano
Leveraging Private Sector Investments in Adaptation
Guidance World Bank
Mobilising Private Finance for Nature
Guidance EcoShape
Paving the way for scaling up investment in nature-based solutions along coasts and rivers – How to finance and accelerate implementation of nature-based solutions
Guidance UNDP
Catalysing Climate Finance: A Guidebook on Policy and Financing Options to Support Green, Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Development —Version 1.0.
Guidance Federal Emergency Management Agency
Building Community Resilience with Nature-Based Solutions
Guidance International Labour Organisation
Nature Hires: How Nature-based Solutions can power a green jobs recovery
Guidance EcoShape
Building with Nature Approach – Building with Nature to restore eroding tropical muddy coasts
Tool International Institute for Sustainable Development
ALivE – Adaptation, Livelihoods and Ecosystems Planning Tool
Guidance IIED
Ecosystem-based adaptation: a handbook for EbA in mountain, dryland and coastal ecosystems
Guidance Global Resource Centre
Nature-based Infrastructure (NBI)
Tool International Institute for Sustainable Development
Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) tool
Guidance Connecting Nature
Financing and Business Models Guidebook
Guidance CLEVER Cities
D5.3 Governance, business and finance models
Best Practice World Wildlife Fund
Bankable Nature Solutions
Guidance EcoShape
Business Case Guidance of BwN in the Delta – Terminology and Concepts
Guidance Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Valuing the Benefits, Costs and Impacts of Ecosystem-based Adaptation Measures
White paper United Nations
Developing the economic case for ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA)
Guidance UNDP
Smart, Sustainable and Resilient cities: the Power of Nature-based Solutions
Guidance CLEVER Cities
D4.3 Monitoring strategy in the FR interventions
Guidance European Commission
Evaluating the impact of nature-based solutions
Chapters Three and Four.
Guidance European Commission
Chapter 4 of The solution is in nature
Guidance FEBA
Making Ecosystem-based Adaptation Effective
Guidance IUCN
Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions. A user-friendly framework for the verification, design and scaling up of NbS
Criterion 5
Guidance IIED
Step 1 of Ecosystem-based adaptation: a handbook for EbA in mountain, dryland and coastal ecosystems
Guidance IUCN
A Manual for Gender-Responsive Land Degradation Neutrality Transformative Projects and Programmes
Best Practice European Union
Oppla, EU Repository of NbS
Tool PEDRR
Courses on Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience
Tool International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry for the Environment Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) Germany
Mangrove restoration potential: Mapping tool.
Tool Think Nature
Greentown Tool
Guidance University of Oxford
Nature-based Solutions Evidence Platform
Guidance Acclimatise
Increasing Infrastructure Resilience with Nature-based Solutions
Guidance Swiss Re Institute
Chapter 3 of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services A business case for re/insurance
Guidance UNDP
Pathway For Increasing Nature-based Solutions In NDCS. A Seven-Step Approach for Enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions through Nature-based Solutions
Resource CLEVER Cities
Multi-level policy framework for sustainable urban development and nature-based solutions
Guidance IUCN
Nature-based Solutions in Nationally Determined Contribution
Guidance World Wildlife Fund
Enhancing NDCs through Nature-based Solutions
Resource
Chapter 7 Nature-Based Solutions and Water Security, 1st Edition, Jan Cassin John Matthews Elena Gunn,
Guidance European Environment Agency
Nature Based Solutions in Europe: Policy, knowledge and practice for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
Guidance
Integrating ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) into national planning
Guidance Green-Gray Community of Practice
Practical Guide to Implementing Green-Gray Infrastructure
Guidance City Finance Leadership Alliance
Summary of Good Practice of Successful Project Preparation Facilities
This document analyses project preparation tools, approaches, main bottlenecks, and solutions, by presenting three case studies as well as highlights from experts’ interviews. Each case study focuses on a project preparation facility (PPF) that is active at the subnational level in either Latin America or Asia.
Guidance European Financing Institutions Working Group on Adaptation to Climate Change
Integrating climate change information and adaptation in project development: Emerging experience from practitioners
This document brings together emerging experience in the development of strategies and plans, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies. It is intended to help practitioners ensure that climate change risks and vulnerabilities are properly assessed and that appropriate and robust adaptation measures are implemented.
Guidance European Commission
Climate change adaptation of major infrastructure projects: A stock-taking of available resources to assist the development of climate resilient infrastructure
This study reviewed the availability of resource materials that can support developers to integrate climate change adaptation into infrastructure projects. It provides a summary of available resources that contribute to the preparedness of all EU Member States with regards to applying the climate change requirements of the EuropeanStructural and Investment Funds programming period 2014-2020. It also identifies some of the ongoing good practices of Member States in adapting to climate change
Guidance Global Infrastructure Hub
Governmental processes facilitating infrastructure project preparation
This document provides a practical guide for Governments to improve project preparation practices. It provides guidance on the enabling environment, financing, infrastructure planning and project prioritisation, project feasibility, reviews and approvals, and project communication. This is supported by a series of case studies
Resource World Bank
Lifelines: The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity – Strengthening New Infrastructure Assets A Cost-Benefit Analysis
This supplementary report to the World Bank’s Lifelines document explores at a deeper level the benefits and costs associated with making infrastructure systems resilient to climate change. It provides broad analysis of thousands of scenarios at a system level to display the benefits of resilience.
Resource Inter-American Development Bank
A Framework and Principles for Climate Resilience Metrics in Financing Operations
The report outlines a broad and flexible approach that can be applied to both assets and systems to assess the quality of infrastructure design and its performance results. Examples are provided to illustrate metrics at the input and output levels and showcase a hybrid approach to finance and monitoring.
Guidance World Bank
Resilience Rating System : A Methodology for Building and Tracking Resilience to Climate Change
The World Bank has developed a Resilience Rating System that considers both the resilience of infrastructure and the resilience that infrastructure offers to society. The system is designed to enable decision makers to track resilience, identify best practice and assess the benefits. The report provides guidance on how to mitigate risk across different sectoral and country contexts.
Guidance Global Centre on Adaptation
Driving Finance Today for the Climate Resilient Society of Tomorrow
This report by the GCA provides a thorough review of the current situation within the finance sector identifying barriers restricting access to financing for climate–resilient development. It provides recommendations for lifting the limit on financial flows and making developments more robust with longer-term perspectives.
Guidance Institute of Civil Engineering
Project 13. From Transactions to Enterprises: A new approach to delivering high performing infrastructure
Institute of Civil Engineers (UK) document that outlines the key aspects of the Project 13 approach to procurement.
Guidance Inter-American Development Bank
Climate Resilient Public Private Partnerships: A Toolkit for Decision Makers
Contains easy to use tools and guidance for a number of procurement activities. This resource also focuses on PPPs but many of the tools could be used on other types of project.
Guidance Global Centre on Adaptation
Climate Resilient Infrastructure Officer: Handbook. Knowledge Module on Public Private Partnerships and Climate Resilient Infrastructure
Provides useful guidance on many areas of climate resilience within procurement from a PPP perspective, with broader applicability too.
Guidance London Climate Change Partnership
Adapting to Climate Change. The Role of Public Procurement
A useful resource for highlighting the importance of different aspects of procurement for climate change adaptation.
Guidance ISO
BS ISO 20400:2017 Sustainable procurement – Guidance
While this resource is sustainability focused it contains guidance on a number of procurement actions with high applicability for climate resilience too.
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Guidance Procedia Engineering
Improving Socially Sustainable Design and Construction in Developing Countries
This document is relevant for construction projects in an international development context and provides clear recommendations to build sustainably and to ensure successful implementation and adoption. The recommendations can be applied to buildings as well as infrastructure.
Guidance UNEP
A Practical Guide to Climate-resilient Buildings & Communities.
This UNEP document focusses on design; however, the conclusion of this report includes a list of questions that a contractor can use to assess whether climate resilience has been considered. It can be included in on-site quality control documentation.
Guidance European Commission
Technical guidance on the climate proofing of infrastructure in the period 2021-2027
This report by the European Commission is intended to provide technical guidance on climate proofing infrastructure. Chapter 4 provides recommendations on climate proofing across the project lifecycle, including construction. Annexes C and D also provide further considerations for climate proofing infrastructure during the construction phase.
Guidance Canadian Construction Association
Strength, Resilience, Sustainability
This report has been prepared by the Canadian Construction Association and includes recommendations for the Government to adapt to climate change with respect to infrastructure investment. This report is an example of how the construction industry has come together to leverage their influence to promote climate adaptation and resilience.
Guidance Cowes: Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Completing the Picture: How the Circular Tackles Climate Change
Concentrating on five key areas this report illustrates how designing out waste, keeping materials in use, and regenerating farmland can significantly reduce emissions. It demonstrates how businesses, financial institutions, and policymakers can build a resilient economy while playing an essential role in reaching climate targets.
Guidance Arup
Cirecl E: from Decommissioning to Regeneration
In this report, Arup evaluate some of ways in which Circular Economy principles can be applied to the decommissioning of existing Energy Power plants, exploring the social, economic, and environmental benefits this creates for the local communities and surrounding areas. It explores the applications that Circular Economy principles can have in the design and operation of new power plants.
Guidance Curtin University
Developing Policies for the end-of-life of energy infrastructure: coming to terms with the challenges of decommissioning.
This paper introduces the magnitude and variety of net-positive end-of-life challenges to encourage the development of reasonable policies for current and future decommissioning projects. The paper provides the basis for the interdisciplinary thinking required to deliver an integrated decommissioning policy that incorporates circular economy principles to maximize value throughout the lifecycle of energy infrastructure.
Guidance United Nations
Managing Infrastructure Assets for Sustainable Development
Chapter 6 of this handbook provides details on the impact of climate change on asset management, climate hazard and risk assessment, and high level guidance on interventions to mitigate climate risk at the Operations and Maintenance phase.
Resource Institute of Asset Management
Asset Management – An Anatomy
Outlines good practice for asset management. Although this is not from an explicit climate resilience standpoint, many of the practices are beneficial for implementing climate resilience.
Guidance AXA
Understanding Infrastructure Interdependencies in Cities
Outlines different approaches to infrastructure interdependency assessment with an urban focus. Includes details on a series of city pilot studies.
Guidance US AID
Climate resilient Development: A Framework for Understanding and Addressing Climate Change
Sets out a high-level framework for climate resilience and infrastructure development, including design. Sector-specific guidance is also available which applies this framework.